The highschool senior from Toronto, who spent 4 hours on his makeup for the photo, took to social media to write "In honour of my 18th birthday, here’s my senior photo. Really though, 17 was a wild year. I made memories that I’ll never forget. Thank you to everyone who was by my side every single day. From friends to family and even you guys, from the bottom of my heart, thank you."

The teen went on to speak to Cosmopolitan about why the photo meant so much to him, explaining "All of my yearbook pictures were really bad, like really bad. I either had a bad breakout or bad hair colour (because I went through a lot of hair colour stages), and it was just really bad. So I said, let me just go all out. Let me do what I love doing the most: glam bronzy looks."

He said "My main goal was to use my platform to encourage younger kids. A man in makeup is normal. I want my positive experience with my identity to become normal and break the stigma against not only men in makeup but also one's sexuality and identity."

Kevin added "I wanted to have my final hurrah in high school. I wanted to have my makeup on full-glam so that I could [send the message to] people to do whatever you want. No matter what obstacle you have throughout your four years, it’s not going to matter later on. It’s whatever you do that’s going to set your path."

While he had to get up at 4am to prep for the big day, we reckon it was time well spent.